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EXIIIBTT J - Vegetation Information <br />1. Narrative Description <br />(a) Description of present vegetation types: <br />The current types of vegetation established across the proposed azea of operations consist of <br />low brush, pinion pine, cedaz (juniper), and mixed grass types. Vegetation height ranges from <br />low ground cover short grasses to low shrubs less than 20 inches in height to low pine and <br />cedar up to 3 meters. An inventory was conducted by the Shavano Soil Conservation District <br />Types of vegetation identified at the site as follows: <br />• Grasses - Galleta, Indian Ricegrass, Western Wheatgrass, Cheatgrass, Bottlebrush <br />Squirreltail, Salina Wildrye <br />• Forbs - Scazlet Globemallow, Sego Lily, Yucca, Alfileria, Resinweed <br />• Shrubs -Rubber Rabbitbrush, Wyoming Big Sagebrush, Gamble Oakbrush <br />• Trees - Pinion Pine, Juniper (cedar) <br />(b) Relationship of present types of vegetation to soil types. <br />The present vegetation is homogeneous across the site. Pinions, Oakbrush and junipers grow <br />generally on the ridges with low brush and grasses throughout the proposed area of <br />operations. Ripazian aeeas are to the south of the permit azea (outside) with associated grasses <br />and low brush. Small seeps that occur at locations in the site form small isolated wetland <br />areas. Average topsoil depths range from 6 to 10 inches in depth. <br />(c) Carrying capacity for range lands on or in the vicinity of the affected land. <br />• The possible carrying capacity ranges for this soil type for its normal characteristic <br />vegetation in Ibs/ac are as follows: l) Favorable year - 700 ]bs/ac, 2) Normal yeaz - 500 <br />]bs/ac, 3) Unfavorable year - 300 lbs/ac. <br />2. The overall topography at the proposed site is steep to very steep (>15%) and elevation ranges <br />from 6820 to 7000 ft AMSL. The proposed permit azea is a series of small gravel ridges <br />sparsely covered by cedaz pinion and sagebrush. As stated in 1 (b) above, the site vegetation <br />is homogeneous across the proposed azea of operations and on adjacent areas with no <br />paz[iculaz affect due [o topographic elevation or soil type. <br />